BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi military said yesterday that, the latest airstrikes in the eastern province of Diyala have killed 13 Daesh militants.
A statement by the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC), quoted JOC’s deputy commander, Lieutenant General Qais al-Mohammadawi as saying that, up to 13 Daesh militants were killed in seven airstrikes in the past two days.
JOC said in a statement Wednesday that, their aircraft bombarded two hideouts housing about 10 Daesh militants in the Narin area, some 175 km north-east of the capital Baghdad, possibly killing all of them.
Over the past months, Iraqi security forces have conducted operations against extremist militants to crack down on their intensified activities.– NNN-NINA
